Region | Rhône |
Appellation | Vacqueyras |
Producer | Domaine le sang des Cailloux |
Color | Red |
Grape variety | 70% de grenache, 20% de syrah, 10% Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Carignan |
Visual aspect | dark and deep color |
Odor characteristic | aromatic rich and powerful Palette, blackberry, with notes of blueberry, spice. |
Taste attributes | well balanced, intense, with good tannins and a beautiful material, the long and pleasant finish ... |
Aromas | Fruity |
Type of terroir | Clay and limestone pebbles on reddish brown tray |
Breeding container | Lightning |
Operating temperature | 16° |
Aeration | 2H |
Decanting | Oui |
Type of agriculture | BIO |
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Serge buys Férigoule Le Sang des Cailloux in 1990 after working 10 years with former propriétaire.A From there, it stops the chemical weed then synthèse.Les 17 hectares of products, appellations Vacqueyras, are located on a plateau facing the Dentelles de Montmirail.Son son, Frédéri, joined him in 2003. They decide to certify organic field then biodynamie.Avec his clay-limestone, reddish brown, and pebbles, Le Sang des Cailloux product essentially Serge rouge.Depuis the few years Frédéri s' try to white.
The name of this name comes from the Latin Vallea Quadreria, which means the valley stones. Last appellation of the Rhone valley, its geographical area contains vauclusian towns of Vacqueyras and Sarrians. Of pebbles slicks come from the Ouvèze river, which tempers the summer drought. Red wines are concentrated and complex.
Second wine region in France after Bordeaux, the Rhone region is one of the oldest in the country. The vineyard is divided into two zones: the northern Rhone Valley and the southern Rhone valley. Other areas furthest part of the region: Vivarais Luberon, through the Diois. The Bordeaux region can produce red, white and rosé, of all kinds: dry, soft, natural and sparkling. However, the red wines are produced in this region (representing 80% of production). At the heart of the southern area is the Grenache grape that made the red wines "solar". However, the vagaries of climate forcing growers to use the assembly technique to balance their wines. Some additional varieties: Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvèdre and Carignan. For white wines, the grape varieties used are: bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Roussanne, piquepoul, Maccabeo, Marsanne, Vermentino or Picardan. Rosé wines from the same grape varieties as the red wines. In the northern area, for red wines, the syrah grape variety predominates. For white wines, the grape varieties used are: Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne. The designations are the Rhone region are numerous: Cote du Rhone, Cotes du Rhone-Villages, communal AOC (Condrieu, lirac, Côte-Rôtie, Chateauneuf du Pape, etc.) and AOC independent (luberon, ventoux, grignan les adhémar ...).